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Feb 21 2013

Celebrating 104 years!
 

Me and my cake…Yum!

Have you ever seen a surprised loaf of cheese?

Well, let me tell you, I was about as surprised as they come on February 13 (our official founding day) when I was invited to the Cheese Factory where about 150 of my friends and family (employees and member-owners and their families) gathered for a party to celebrate Tillamook County Creamery Association’s 104th birthday, and I was the special guest of honor!

We had birthday cake and any flavor of Tillamook Ice Cream a loaf could want! We played games like Beanie Cow Toss, Spin the Wheel, Pick-a-Milk-Bottle, and a family favorite, Bingo!

It’s not every day that a company turns 104, so it was sure nice to stop and recognize the hard work and dedication that everyone at TCCA puts into every product that is sold on store shelves!

One of my good friends having a good time playing Bingo!

My BFF Tillie even stopped by!

Everyone signed a giant birthday card for me, I’m hanging it on my wall!

The cake, it looks just like me!

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Dec 07 2011

A Slice of History: Tillie of Tillamook
 

Tillie squeaky toy in a Christmas display in 1958.

You may know Loafy, but do you know about Tillie?

Sweet-faced Tillie of Tillamook was a little brown Jersey cow used in a variety of advertisements and store displays to promote our dairy products in the 1950s and 1960s. We don’t exactly when she first entered the spotlight, but the earliest print advertisement in our archives portraying Tillie is May 1, 1955, in the Sacramento Bee. Tillie wasn’t widely used, but she was popular enough to be transformed into a squeaky toy that was available in 1958 until the early 1960s. The squeaky Tillie of Tillamook was a beloved toy of many children. Tillie eventually dropped out of the spotlight for a period of time. She reappeared around 2000 when she began making personal appearances at events. Tillie has undergone a few cosmetic enhancements as she’s aged. She’s now a Holstein, but Tillie is still a beloved mascot of Tillamook.

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